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North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Conveyance Project FEATURE PROJECT

Project Requirements The North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant regulations with respect to wastewater treatment responsible for the design and construction Conveyance Project, located in Vancouver, British effluent requirements. of the new pump station. We appreciate Columbia, involves the design and construction of Kenaidan’s diligence that attends to details the new First Narrows Pump Station and related The new pump station, sized to pump 110 ML/ and pursues quality throughout the project. conveyance piping. The design-build contract was day peak wet weather flow and 22 ML/day peak The staff exhibit levels of knowledge and awarded to North Shore Conveyance Partners, a dry weather flow, collects sewage and pumps it to expertise during the design development joint venture between Kenaidan Contracting Ltd. a tie-in point near the new treatment facility. The and construction. We look forward to seeing and Michels Canada. conveyance pipe network involves influent and the commissioning of the new pump station.” effluent piping, ranging from 900 mm to 2,100 mm, Our contract provides pumping and conveyance consisting of gravity and forcemain piping using of sewage to and from the new Lions Gate open-cut and micro-tunneling methods. Wastewater Treatment Plant (LGWWTP) and Roles & Responsibilities the existing ocean outfall system. The new plant, “First Narrows Pump Station is the key which is currently under construction, will be component of the North Shore Wastewater Owner: Greater Vancouver Sewerage and situated west of the Lions Gate Bridge and Treatment Plant Conveyance project, Drainage District Bob Adedayo Patrick Hamlin Rida Abdullah Andrea Mrezar Marisa Nardini Andrea Howson services the North Shore municipalities of West awarded to North Shore Conveyance Primary Consultant: WSP Canada Inc. Vancouver, the City of North Vancouver, the Partners,” said Joan Liu, Senior Project Mechanical: Trotter and Morton Building District of North Vancouver and Squamish Nation. Engineer, Project Delivery, North Shore Technologies Our project, and the new LGWWTP, will bring Wastewater Treatment Plant. “Kenaidan GVS&DD into compliance with the new federal (a consortium to the NSCP group) is Electrical: Western Pacific Enterprises Ltd. Miscellaneous Steel: Westeel Fabrication Key Challenges Concrete & Formwork: Tom Wood Contracting Ltd. Excavation and Backfilling: • Drilling secant piles into coarse soil with large • Permit issues with discharging excess ground Gravity Construction Inc. cobbles water to the Burrard Inlet Secant Piles: Henry Drilling • Managing high groundwater levels that • Design requirements for a 160-year design life Shotcrete Liner: LRutt Contracting Ltd. vary with tides due to very porous ground and a one in 2,474-year earthquake seismic conditions event resulted in extremely dense reinforcing Architectural Pre-cast: Surespan Structures Ltd. • Controlling groundwater leaks through the steel secant wall to maintain a dry work area once • Thermal control of mass concrete foundation Reinforcing Steel: Tycon Steel excavated and perimeter walls Masonry: Thunderstone Contracting Ltd.

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POINT OF INTEREST PROJECT UPDATE CONGRATULATIONS Technical Exchange Program Bloomington GO Station Guildwood Project Team

VOLUME 31 ISSUE 1 : MARCH 2020 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY in length and consists of three different types of liners: concrete, steel, and composite panels.

“Obayashi is very similar to Kenaidan, in the sense that safety is a number one priority. On such a massive project, the site is cleaned weekly by all personnel on site; areas are designated by different coloured pylons; and subtrade meetings are held every morning and every day at lunch. CETA (Care Enough to Act) is a core value for Technical Exchange Program Kenaidan, but it was also something that was very POINT OF INTEREST present in every aspect of Obayashi’s ope